Undercover officers managed to buy 10 tiny bags of heroin from Danis through the driveway. They then found 50 more bags on Danis, after which they promptly arrested her. At the moment, police haven't been able to determine how long Danis has been selling heroin with McDonald's Happy Meals.

The budget assumes that the classic McDonald's employee has a second job; that mortgage and rent will only cost $600 a month; only factors in $20 a month for health insurance coverage; believes heating will cost nothing; and left out basic expenses like food, water, childcare, gas, and clothing. Worst of all, to even survive on that budget, employees would have to make $12.86 an hour — or $15 before taxes.

But what does that have to do with Shania Danis? Well, it might be easy to look at this event as a quirky bit weird news, but it could also be a troubling example of the lengths America's citizens may go to make enough money just to survive. While we're waiting for President Barack Obama to act on his promise of tackling income inequality, we might continue to see below-living-wage employees going to extra, illegal lengths just to make ends meet.